KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 25
'Ek ani Shunya', a book on western philosophy authored by Sanjeev Pokharel has been released amidst a small outdoor gathering, adhering to covid-19 protocol, at Publication Nepalaya, in Kathmandu, on Saturday.
In a press statement today, Nepalaya, the publication house said, "The book builds upon the ten major philosophical trends that form the basis of western philosophy."
The author launched the book by offering it to his daughter as a metaphoric gesture of handing it over to the younger generation of readers, who he hoped would find joy and meaning in reading it.
"The book is my attempt to explain some important or key questions in western intellectual tradition in simple Nepali language, so that the readers could understand and connect with these ideas," the author shared.
Explaining the relevance of Western intellectual tradition for our society, he said adding that many of the structures and ideas that form our contemporary world come from the western tradition--the western experience of nation-building, state-citizen relations and so on."
The book outlines the western intellectual history of the last three thousand years and shows how the ideas were formed, dismantled and regenerated again. In that sense, it represents the evolution of intellectual history through conjecture and refutations. The title of the book 'Ek ani Shunya' symbolizes this cycle of birth, decay and regeneration of ideas. Every thought that has been expressed must perish and again renew over time, reads the statement.
The book is priced at Rs 495 for the Nepalese market, digital copy can also be purchased from thuprai.com and will be available worldwide on Amazon.com, Nepalaya said.
